Episode #022 ... Blast off to the Renaissance!

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode of the podcast, we begin learning about the Renaissance. We first discuss the Black Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out 30-60% of the population of Europe. We examine how the population crisis caused by the Black Death led to an economic and political crisis that was ultimately the catalyst for a paradigm shift in philosophical thought. We also learn about the Humanist philosopher Erasmus, who, unlike the philosophers we’ve discussed on recent episodes, did not think that fusing faith and reason was a very good idea. It was much simpler than that. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.7	The term renaissance means rebirth, but in order for anything to be reborn, they're first
0:45.4	needed to be a death.
0:48.0	And that death doesn't necessarily need to be a bad thing.
0:51.9	We see instances in our everyday lives where there are figurative renaissance's where
0:56.5	nothing really bad happens when that death occurs.
1:00.2	For example, you could go on a new diet and lose 100 pounds and feel like you're personally
1:04.4	experiencing a renaissance.
1:06.6	The only death there is the death of your old unhealthy lifestyle.
1:10.2	Nothing really bad there.
1:12.2	You could, for example, end a long period of corruption in your local government where
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